Curse you Steven Raichlen. It started innocently enough with the Indoor grilling book. Sure it was an interesting & thought provoking read. I even tried some of the recipes.

Then you got me . Next it was BBQ USA, then How To Grill, then Sauces, Rubs and Marinades and The Barbecue Bible. I had to buy them all. My wife has hinted that I'm getting your Beer Can Chicken book for Father's Day (and I'm not a father).

Now DVDs & Videos!

You have my wife, her family, and friends raving how good my ribs & pulled pork are. This happened since I started to read your books and followed your recipes.

I echo Burnt Food Dude. The remote was out of reach. BBQ University came on. Now it's a Season Pass on my TiVO. I've bought a new barrel-style grill with the required cast iron grates and plenty of room for whatever style of cooking I want to do. I've camped and bbq'd for years and years (50 y.o.) but now I'm at the next level. Bought a rotisserie also and have had FABULOUS success with two styles of chicken, good old Smoklahoma Brisket (started at 5 AM and was hungover. - next time, we'll make it a late dinner instead of lunch) a sirloin tip roast and lots of other stuff. This Sunday, Rotisserie Pork Roast a la Bevo. I have a fantastic alteration (I think) of Steven's all purpose bbq rub - I'll tell y'all about it if it works. This is so much fun I can't stand it. And my family is eatin' goooooooood. Past five Sundays, all family dinners. In laws, mom, sister and boyfriend, daughter, me, wife, Bernese Mountain Dog, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel - we're all diggin it.

Hi. I'm Jeff and I'm a Q-aholic. My obsession started with an El Cheapo Brinkmann. Then I found BBQ USA. Next I bought an offset. Then it was How to Grill and the Rubs book. I'm totally hooked. Yesterday I was standing in the pouring rain struggling to insert remote thermometer probes into a couple of Beer Can Chickens. Today I ate a pulled pork sandwich for lunch.

A) Make my Girlfriend have fits with the time I spend (and the money) picking out peppers at the grocery store

B) Spend time and money in the spice aisle

C) make a "what the hell..." caliber mess of the kitchen every weekend I get the BBQ sauce bug.

Seriously though, it's a great book and I love taking the recipes out of it and then changing them all up so I can try to concoct my own kind of BBQ sauce. As I type this post, an experiment in ginger ale BBQ sauce is simmering on the burner.

Plus my Girlfriend likes everything I cook AS do all her friends, some of whom now come to ME for BBQ advice and to test out THEIR new sauces!! As if I'm some kind of expert cos I slung some tomato based slop into a mason jar!!!!!!!!!!!!